Malaipet, formerly a stand-out Muay Thai fighter, will return for the first time since a disqualification loss to Thomas Denny at a March 21 ShoXC event. In the night’s main event, Malaipet was disqualified for illegal elbow strikes to the back of Denny’s head.

Denny had dipped for a takedown attempt when Malaipet unleashed the flurry of blows. Denny dropped to the mat and was unable to continue.

It was Malaipet’s first loss in three fights; after defeating Rinat Mirzabekovin at a May 2007 show, Malaipet made his EliteXC debut in October at a ShoXC event and scored a unanimous decision win over kickboxer Kaleo Kwan.

Douglas, meanwhile, will look to push his current win streak to four straight. Since launching his career in 2005 with a loss to the very tough Jeff Curran, Douglas has posted three consecutive victories — all via knockout — including EliteXC wins over Marlon Matias and William Jacobson.

Douglas, part of Cesar Gracie’s Jiu-Jitsu Academy, needed just 12 seconds to score the win over Matias.

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